Faith in humanity at maximum

God, I love humanity sometimes.

Angels In America
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rm stocking a shelf I notice a customer with her daughter. They both
look like the/ been through a hard time)
Little Girl: "Mama, I' m hungry."
The mother looks near tears. ,
Mother: “I knew baby; I' m sorry. Mommy only has , so we have to find feed that
will stretch until next week when mommy gets paid."
Little Girl: "Okay."
I see a another customer with a baby In a cart walk up to the woman. ,
Another Customer: "Excuse me, I ceilin' t help but overhear we. I don' t mean to
put we on the spot, but I' d like to help we."
The other customer holds out a tell. The mother starts to cry, J
Mother: “fee don' t even knew me, and were trying to help me. My husband
walked out. I work a minimum wagerer, and it' s just been so hard. You' re the first
person who has shown me such kindness in a long time, and were a stranger to
Another Customer: “I' m sameone who thinks the world weild work a bit better if
people paid it forward a little more, I might not knew you, but I know you' been
dealt a bad hand. When' s the last time we ate? I' m sure we' re making sure your
daughter eats, but when' s the last time we did?"
Mother: “How did you-"
Another Customer "Because we' re a mother."
Mother: "I... thank we so much! This will really help. Are we sure?"
Another Customer: “I' m positive. we knew we can get some of the stuff here ‘E
for 1', so that can help."
Mother: "Thank wea-. thank we so much! I' ll find a way to pay we back."
Another Customer: “There' s no need to do that. I hope things get better fer you,
and when they do, we can pay it forward."
Mother: "Thank we so much."
Tm called to the front, so I dont see the rest of the exchange. The mother and
daughter come through my lane with a cart full of (bod)
Little Girl: "Mommy, was that lady an angel?"
Mother: "Yes baby, she was."
Their total comes to Just under the 25 dollars the mother had, I relate the story to my
manager. when the other customer comes up with her daughter, my manager has a
gift card liar waiting her her, That customer comes In every month or so, and we all
refer to her as the angel. ,

So, let me get this straight, a woman with a five year old needs to eat for a whole week and she only has 5 dollars, knowing this another person gives her 20, she now has 25$ and everyone thinks that this SOLVED THE PROBLEM?

What about the person stocking shelves? What about the manager? Is everyone on ******* crack? No one else had the decency to help and "Faith in humanity at maximum"? No; Faith in ONE PERSON at maximum because only one ******* person helped.

Did the 20$ help? Hell yes, is it enough? HELL ******* NO.

This is one of the biggest problems in the world. Everyone thinks that just doing the smallest ******* thing they can instantly solves the issues of the world.

******* people are **** for brain asshole cock sucking mother ******* festering assholes of ten day old giraffes.

Who the **** said this solved the problem? While decent people can and will help you along the way, you must be the solution to your own problems.

A stranger gave money to someone they didn't even know and you're complaining that everyone didn't immediately jump up and empty the contents of their wallets.

Yes, people in today's world could be more charitable. But the way you go about acting as if that woman is owed money is disgraceful. It's unfortunate, but the woman is not entitled to money.

Many people doing the smallest things CAN and will solve big problems. Look at any disaster and the millions of dollars worth of aid that followed. The decent people in life will do the right thing to help those they find in need. But there are so many people it's just unfeasible to suggest that we can solve everyone's problems.

First off, no one said this solved any ******* problem. A person overheard someone with serious money troubles, and helped them. Sure, they probably only helped them a little, but the point is it helped. That cart of food will get them through the week, even more so if they use it sparingly.

And you have the nerve to get mad about this? What in God's name is wrong with you?

I don't think you really understand the situation here. The person stocking the shelves most likely didn't have any money on them. I know mostly every time someone asks me for money on the street who clearly needs it I don't have any money to give, no matter how much I may want to.

And the manager didn't find out about that single mother until she was gone. I'm sure he/she would've gladly given the gift card to the mother instead of the person who first gave her money, but she was gone and he couldn't.

So you can be a pessimistic asshole. I'm going to be happy that that woman got some help, however small, and she was able to keep going.

No, but it helps. Our society is very apathetic, so seeing one person go out of their way to help someone else is commendable. No single person can solve the world's problems, but that's no reason not to try.

I'm sorry, but you're a ******* moron. If you see a Mother and a Child with 5$ to buy a WEEKS worth of groceries then you do not give them 20$ you ******* dig down and buy them a ******* weeks worth of groceries, and if you personally can not afford to do that then you go around the ******* store and ask for donations, you don't let that person leave the store until the have enough food to eat like ******* kings.

If you do have the money to help them out more, then by all means do so, but most of us don't have that kind of disposable income. Not everyone appreciates you personally "fundraising" for them by begging others for money - there's no dignity in that.

More importantly, though, your logic has a fundamental problem. It assumes that if you don't go all out, over-the-top, to the point of physical limitations, it's a worthless gesture. Having that expectation of people (and of yourself) will only lead to disappointment. Don't sacrifice excellence for perfection.

I hate helping others. but love it at the same time. i literally have nothing to lose. and am so very easily detached with anything. even people. so my advice to you guys is trust your own ******* judgement until you see a result. learn how to understand pain and ******* deal with it. and to define that, PRODUCE YOUR OWN DAMN RESULTS. WITH YOUR JUDGEMENTS. this involves making mistakes and learning.

helping other people stand up, starts with you knowing how to ******* stand up too.

You're ******* retarded right? So retarded that you can't read english? You must be, because I didn't say that giving her 20$ was bad, I said that out of three adults who were there that could have helped only one did something for a the woman, that is not "humanity" that is one person.

imagine going from town to town, rummaging what you know is not enough. if only you can make it to your next "checkpoint" in time to value it, can you actually start making progress to profit from your own actions.

I've been at the ******* bottom. When I was in high school I had to eat nothing for breakfast, literally beg for my lunch and then eat rice for dinner with whatever meat we could afford that week. I did this for nearly two years and every time someone would "do a little thing" it did nothing. We didn't have the luxury of using that little bit of help on anything but what we already had.

I lived in a ******* dumpster when I was 16 and I can tell you that the only time someone helping actually made a difference is when I received more money in a single day comparative to the the rest of the ******* time. Little things only prolong suffering. It take one large act to make a real difference.

got my first job at 14. ****, been working ever since. and dont talk about food. bro i never ate for those 8 hours of high school. all 4 years. and another thing. i never saved my money either. i gave it away, not liek a good samaritan or anything. no i literally dont know the value of anything.

listen, i wont say i understand your pain. but pain in generall is very very easy thing to understand.

so ill tell you one thing that i hope will settle you. other than this comp i bobught. very cheap mind you. the only thing i spend money on is food and rent. and im so ******* happy

I'm shouting at the fact that there was the employee and the manager there that could have done a lot more for the woman and her child than 20$ would have but instead decide to give money to the person who was helping in the first place, someone who obviously knew where the money should be going, and this is someone a sign that humanity is good?

To me it just looks like one good person and a whole pile of ******* assholes.

I'm sorry to hear you had to go through all that. However, you don't seem to realize that few people can make those types of grand gestures. Many of us are just barely able to provide for ourselves and our families, and as much as we want to help out others in more dire need (and believe me, many of us do), we simply don't have the means to help others without driving ourselves and our own families into dire poverty as well.